US5155428A - Overdischarge and overvoltage protection circuit for a battery in a portable and mobile communication system - Google Patents

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US5155428A US07/635,984 US63598490A US5155428A US 5155428 A US5155428 A US 5155428A US 63598490 A US63598490 A US 63598490A US 5155428 A US5155428 A US 5155428A
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  • the present invention relates to an overdischarge and overvoltage protection circuit for a battery in a portable, mobile radio communication system, more particularly to an overdischarge and overvoltage protection circuit which rings alarming sounds and disconnects power supply for battery (preferably Lead-Acid battery) protection when the battery overdischarges, or automatically disconnects a power supply when an overvoltage is supplied while using an exterior power supply.
  • battery preferably Lead-Acid battery
  • Ni-Cd and Lead-Acid batteries are used mostly for a main power supply of a mobile communication system.
  • the Lead-Acid battery is more employed than the Ni-Cd battery since the Lead-Acid battery is cheaper than the Ni-Cd battery.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram of a conventional circuit, which consists of voltage comparators (Al) and (A2) of a battery protection (2) which detects a voltage-state and generates outputs to a control unit(3) when a voltage of a Lead-Acid battery is applied, and the control unit(3) which alarms and displays a warning signal through a speaker (6) and a display unit (6) respectively according to the detected voltage-state.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing discharging characteristics of the battery, and an operational aspect will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • a voltage of the Lead-Acid battery (1) is applied to non-inverting input terminals (+) of the comparators (A1) and (A2).
  • a signal for a low-battery hereinafter referred to as Low-Bat
  • Low-Bat a signal for a low-battery
  • the voltage comparator (A2) If a given voltage of the Lead-Acid battery which is applied to non-inverting input terminals (+) is lower than warning voltage, the voltage comparator (A2) generates a warning signal for a battery termination (hereinafter referred to a Bat-Term), that is a logic low state which indicates the voltage of the Lead-Acid battery (1) reached out of an usable limit, thus cutting off the power supplying is necessary.
  • a Bat-Term is applied to the control unit (3).
  • the control unit (3) When the Low-Bat signal from the voltage comparator (A1) is applied to the control unit (3), the control unit (3) generates alarming sounds and a warning sign which indicates a recharging is necessary since the voltage is low even though it is still usable through the speaker (6) and the display (5).
  • the control unit (3) generates alarming sounds and a warning sign, which indicates that the voltage of the Lead-Acid battery (1) has reached out of the usable limit and the main power supply has to be turned off, through the speaker (6) and the display unit (5) respectively.
  • amounts of power consumption from the Lead-Acid battery (1) at a stand-by mode and a call mode are different.
  • a transmitter "Tx" which sends out a radio carrier operates, thus more power is consumed than at the stand-by mode.
  • Lead-Acid battery (1) must be able to supply different amounts of current for a warning level for Low-Bat and Bat-Term at the stand-by mode and for a warning level for Low-Bat and Bat-Term at the call mode according to the discharging characteristics diagram as in FIG. 2.
  • the control unit (3) shorts resistors "R3" and “R6” by switching on switches “SW1" and “SW2" at the stand-by mode to increase detection voltages of the voltage comparators (A1) and (A2).
  • the detection voltages of the voltage comparators (A1) and (A2) become different.
  • the conventional circuit as shown in FIG. 1 has a drawback that there is no protection from overdischarge of the battery when a malfunction occurs due to a shock by an exterior power supply or a static electricity since it is not possible to operate a switch to disconnect the main power supply in the mobile communication system causing a short lifetime of a battery.
  • the other drawback is that there is no protection from overvoltage when using an exterior power supply.
  • FIG. 1 is a conventional circuit
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing discharging characteristics of a battery
  • FIG. 3 is a system block diagram according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is an embodiment of a circuit of an overdischarge and overvoltage protection (20).
  • FIG. 5 is a flow diagram according to the invention.
  • a Lead-Acid battery (10) supplies a power.
  • a battery overdischarge and overvoltage protection (20) generates an overdischarge warning signal according to a power supply detection state when the Lead-Acid battery (10) is the power source and cuts off power if an overvoltage state is detected when using an exterior power supply.
  • a control unit (40) controls a system.
  • a radio transmitting and receiving unit (30) transmits and receives signals according to a controlling signal from the control unit (40).
  • a low-power detection unit (21) generates a control signal for cutting off power when the Lead-Acid battery (10) is discharged to below a first given reference voltage (9 V).
  • a high-power detection unit (22) generates a controlling signal for cutting off when an overvoltage above a given reference voltage (17 V) is detected when an exterior power supply is used.
  • a low-battery signal detection unit (23) generates a warning signal for recharge when voltage of Lead-Acid battery is below a first established reference warning voltage.
  • a battery termination detection unit (24) generates a signal to disconnect the power supply when a voltage of the applied Lead-Acid battery is below an second established reference voltage of 9 V.
  • a power control unit (25) disconnects the power supply according to controlling signals from the low-power detection unit (21), the high-power detection unit (22), and the control unit (40).
  • a reference voltage converting unit (26) controls voltages through the low-battery signal detection unit (23) and the battery termination detection unit (24) by taking the controlling signal which distinguishes a stand-by and a call modes from the control unit (40) as an input.
  • a MOSFET "Q1" whose source and drain are connected by a diode (D1) is connected, and a resistor “R22” is connected between a source and a gate of the MOSFET “Q1".
  • a resistor "R23” is connected, and an emitter of the transistor "Q2" is grounded.
  • a resistor “R25” is connected between a base of the transistor “Q2” and the ground, and a resistor “R24” is connected between the base of the transistor “Q2” and a resistor “R25” which connects to a 5 V power supply.
  • a resistor “R11” is connected between the battery “P1” and a non-inverting input terminal (+) of a first voltage comparator (A11).
  • a resistor “R12” is connected between the ground and the non-inverting input terminal (+) of the first voltage comparator (A11).
  • An output terminal of the first voltage comparator (A11) is connected to a node which connects to the resistor "R24” and the resistor "R26".
  • a resistor “R13” is connected between the input terminal of the battery power supply “P1” and an inverting input terminal (-) of a second voltage comparator (A12).
  • a resistor “R14” is connected between the ground and the inverting input terminal (-) of the second voltage comparator (A12).
  • a reference voltage (5 V) is applied to a non-inverting input (+) terminal of the second voltage comparator (A12).
  • An output terminal of the second voltage comparator (A12) is connected to the node which connects to the resistor "R24” and the resistor "R26".
  • the node which connects to the resistor "R24” and the resistor “R26” is also connected to a power control unit (P3) of the control unit (40).
  • a resistor “R15” is connected between the input terminal of the battery power supply “P1” and an inverting input terminal (-) of a third voltage comparator (A13).
  • a resistor “R16” is connected between the ground and the inverting input terminal (-) of the third voltage comparator (A13), and an output from the third voltage comparator (A13) is connected to an input terminal "P4" of a low-battery signal.
  • a resistor “R17” is connected between the input terminal of the battery power supply "P1” and an inverting input terminal (-) of a fourth voltage comparator (A14).
  • a resistor "R18” is connected, and an output from the fourth voltage comparator (A14) is connected to an input terminal "P5" of a battery termination signal.
  • resistors "R19” through “R21” are connected in series, and to a node which connects the resistors "R19” and “R20", non-inverting input terminals (+) of the third and the fourth voltage comparators are connected.
  • An input terminal of an inverter (Il) is connected to an input terminal of a call/stand-by mode control unit (P6), and an output terminal of the inverter (I1) is connected to a node which connects to the resistors "R20" and "R21".
  • a low-power detection unit (21) which consists of the resistors “R11” and “R12”, and the first voltage comparator (A11) corresponds to the low-power detection unit (21) in FIG. 3.
  • a high-power detection unit (22) which consists of the resistors "R13” and “R14” and the second voltage comparator (A12) corresponds to the high-power detection unit (22) in FIG. 3.
  • a low-battery detection unit (23) which consists of the resistors “R15” and “R16” and the third voltage comparator (A13) corresponds to the low-battery detection (23) in FIG. 3.
  • a battery termination detection unit (24) which consists of resistors “R17” and “R18” and the fourth voltage comparator (A14) corresponds to the battery termination detection unit (24) in FIG. 3.
  • a power control unit (25) which consists of the resistors “R22” through “R26", the MOSFET "Q1", and the transistor “Q2" corresponds to the power control unit (25) in FIG. 3.
  • a reference voltage converting unit (26) which consists of the resistors “R19” through “R21” and the inverter (Il) corresponds to the reference voltage converting unit (26) in FIG. 3.
  • the second voltage comparator (A12) When a voltage higher than the reference voltage (17 V) is applied to the inverting terminal (-) of the second voltage comparator (A12), the second voltage comparator (A12) recognizes above station as the overvoltage, thus outputs a logic low signal. However, when a voltage lower than the reference voltage is applied to the inverting input terminal (-) of the second voltage comparator (A12), the second voltage comparator outputs a logic high signal. If a logic high signal is generated by the second voltage comparator (A12), the power supply (5 V) applies a logic high signal to the base of the transistor "Q2" through the pull-up resistor "R26" and the resistor "R24” causing the resistor "Q2" to be on.
  • the power which is applied through the input terminal of the battery power supply "P1" is applied to the non-inverting input terminal (+) of the first voltage comparator (A11), and supplying power (5 V) is applied to the inverting input terminal (-) of the first voltage comparator (A11).
  • V BL the voltage which is divided by the resistors "R11” and “R12”
  • V BL is (R11+R12)*5 Volts/R12.
  • the reference voltage is 9 Volts.
  • the first voltage comparator (A11) estimates the voltage as a cut-off voltage, thus generates a logic low signal.
  • a voltage higher than the reference voltage (9 V) is applied to the non-inverting input terminal (+) of the first voltage comparator (A11)
  • the first voltage comparator (A11) generates a logic high signal.
  • the supplying power of (5 V) applies to the base of the transistor "Q2" through the resistors "R26" and “R24", therefore the transistor "Q2" is turned on.
  • the reference voltage converting unit (26) generates different reference voltages for the stand-by mode and the call mode by taking a control signal from the control unit (40) (as shown FIG. 3) which distinguishes the call mode from the stand-by mode.
  • a logic high signal which is generated from the call/stand-by mode control unit (P6) of the control unit (40) as shown FIG. 3, is inverted to the logic low signal by the inverter (I1). Since the inverter I1 has an open drain configuration, when the output is a logic low signal, the voltage V R generated through the line "A" becomes ⁇ R20/(R19+R20) ⁇ * 5 V.
  • V L -Bat(stby) is the reference voltage for warning from the low-battery detection unit (23) during the stand-by mode
  • V L -Bat(call) is the reference voltage for warning from the low-battery detection unit (23) during the call mode
  • V B -Trm(stby) is the reference voltage for warning from the battery termination detection unit (24) during the stand-by mode
  • V B -Trm(call) is the reference voltage for warning from the battery termination detection unit (24) during the call mode.
  • a voltage divided by the resistors "R15" and “R16" which applies through the input terminal (P1) of the battery power supply applies the inverting input terminal (-) of the third voltage comparator (A13).
  • the third voltage comparator (A13) generates a logic high signal.
  • the logic high signal from the third voltage comparator (A13) is applied to the input terminal (P4) of the low battery signal in the control unit (40), and a warning sound and a warning sign which indicate that a recharging of the Lead-Acid battery (10) is necessary, are generated through the speaker (50) and the display unit (60) by a software process from the control unit (40). If the recharging of the Lead-Acid battery (10) is not performed after the warning sound and the warning sign from the speaker (50) and the display unit (60) are generated, a voltage which applies through the input terminal (P1) of the battery power supply is divided by the resistors "R15" and "R16” and then is applied to the inverting input terminal of the third voltage comparator (A13).
  • the fourth voltage comparator (A14) if the voltage which generates the inverting input terminal (-) of the fourth voltage comparator (A14) is lower than the reference voltage for warning (10.65 V for the stand-by mode and 9.7 V for the call mode) which applies the non-inverting input terminal (+) of the fourth voltage comparator (A14), the fourth voltage comparator (A14) generates a logic high signal.
  • the logic high signal from the fourth voltage comparator (A14) is applied to the input terminal (P4) for the low-battery signal in the control unit (40), and a warning sound and a warning sign which indicate that a disconnection of the power supply from the Lead-Acid battery (10) are generated through the speaker (50) and the display unit (60) by a software process from the control unit (40).
  • the power supply of the Lead-Acid battery (10) is not turned off, even an established period (about 30 seconds) is passed after the warning sound and the warning sign from the speaker (50) and the display unit (60) are generated to notify an user, then a logic low signal is generated through the power supply control unit (P3) by the control unit (40). This turns off the power supply control unit (P3) resulting in a disconnection of the power supply of the Lead-Acid battery (10).
  • a first process determines the call mode or the stand-by mode.
  • a second process generates the warning sound and the warning sign by detecting the low-battery warning signal which requires recharging of the battery after the call mode or the stand-by mode is decided by the first process.
  • a third process generates a warning sound and a warning sign by detecting the battery termination warning signal after the warning sound and the warning sign are generated as in the second process.
  • a fourth process turns the battery power off an establish time later by resetting a timer after generating the warning sound and the warning sign as in the third process.
  • step 5A the mode of the system is checked by either the call mode or the stand-by mode. If the mode is the call mode, in step 5B, a call and stand-by mode control unit (P6) of the control unit (40) generates a logic high signal, and if the mode is the stand-by mode, in step 5C a call/stand-by mode control unit (P6) of the control unit (40) generates a logic low signal. Also, in step 5D, the low-battery signal is checked whether the signal is a logic high signal or not.
  • step 5A If the signal is not a logic high signal, step 5A is repeated, and if the signal is a logic high signal, step 5E is performed.
  • step 5E the battery termination signal is checked whether the signal is a logic high signal or not. If the signal is not a logic high signal, step 5F is performed, and if the signal is a logic high signal, step 5H is performed.
  • step 5F the low-battery warning sign is indicated by the display unit (60), and then step 5G is performed.
  • step 5G the warning sound is generated through the speaker (50), and then the step 5A is repeated.
  • step 5H the battery termination warning sign is indicated by the display unit (60), and then step 5I is performed.
  • step 5I the warning sound is generated through the speaker (50), and in the step 5J, the timer is reset, and then step 5K is performed.
  • step 5K the timer is checked whether the timer passes 30 seconds, and if the timer passes 30 seconds, step 5L is performed.
  • step 5L a logic low signal is sent to the power supply control unit (P3) of the control unit (40) to turn the power of the battery off.
  • this invention is advantageous in such ways as protecting the battery from an overdischarge state by alarming users by detecting an overdischarge state of the battery in two stages and by disconnecting a power supply automatically when the power supply is not disconnected, and protecting a system from an overvoltage by disconnecting a power supply automatically when the overvoltage is supplied if an exterior power supply is used instead of an inside battery.

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